Why Do the Republicans Ignore Centrist Voters?; Finding a Scapegoat

As the impeachment process heads toward the nonremoval of President Clinton, the far right is hunting down scapegoats. David Brooks (Op-Ed, Jan. 27) has picked Kenneth W. Starr for that role.

Mr. Brooks and other conservatives don't understand that most of us have opposed impeachment and removal for two reasons. Those who dragged out the investigation of Whitewater and the Lewinsky affair were driven by the desire to set up a President detested by the extreme right. Also, the use of impeachment under these circumstances means national politics may be debased with cheap impeachment efforts for some time to come.